Fluidic safety valve and battery component equipped therewith

ABSTRACT

Embodiments disclose a fluidic safety valve comprising a valve housing including at least one fluid inlet opening and at least one fluid outlet opening. A closing element, guided in the valve housing, is preloaded by a spring element at a predetermined preloading force toward a closed position of the safety valve. In the closed position, a fluid flow from the at least one fluid inlet opening toward the at least one fluid outlet opening is blocked. When a predetermined fluid pressure is reached, the closing element moves toward an open position of the safety valve, enabling a fluid flow from the at least one fluid inlet opening toward the at least one fluid outlet opening. The valve housing is sealed by a valve housing sealing element comprising an effective fluid pressure force surface coupled to the closing element and configured to carry along the closing element relative to the housing.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is based upon and claims the benefit of prior GermanPatent Application No. 10 2015 106 983.0, filed on May 5, 2015, theentire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a fluidic safety valve for use in abattery component. The present disclosure further relates to a batterycomponent, in particular a vehicle battery component, comprising thefluidic safety valve.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

Fluidic safety valves known in the prior art include, for example,German Patent No. 1 596 123 B and German Patent No. 1 600 804 A. Furthersafety valves not explicitly intended for a battery component are known,for example, from French Patent No. 1 529 839 A or WO 2013/093179 A1.

German Patent No. 1 596 123 B describes a fluidic safety valve. GermanPatent No. 1 600 804 A describes another fluidic safety valve in whichan internal cell pressure causes a deformation of an elastic membrane ofa rarefied-air can, opening a valve by way of a mechanism and allowingundesirable overpressure to escape.

French Patent No. 1 529 839 A describes a safety valve comprising amembrane that on one side is exposed to a pressure of a fluid andpreloaded in a closed position by way of a spring. When a predeterminedpressure is exceeded, the membrane moves and connects an inlet port toan outlet port.

WO 2013/093179 A1 describes a safety valve for a fuel injection system.The valve comprises a piston guided in a cylinder, a spring, an inletport, and a radial outlet port.

German Patent Application No. 10 2012 222 870 A1 discloses fluidicsafety valves and pressure relief valves that protect pressurizedchambers, pressure vessels, and fluid pressure chambers against animpermissible rise in pressure. This protection occurs, for example,when a safety valve discharges gases, vapors or liquids into theatmosphere in collecting pipes or the like when a predetermined fluidpressure is reached and/or exceeded.

Such safety valves may be used in vehicle technology. For example,German Patent Application No. 10 2012 222 870 A1 discloses that inelectric or hybrid vehicles, batteries or secondary elements (such asrechargeable batteries), are used as electrical energy storage elementsand/or traction batteries. A plurality of individual cells or blocks canbe interconnected to form a battery system. Nickel metal hydride cells,lithium ion cells or the like may be used as battery components orbattery systems.

It is generally necessary to provide a safety valve as a vent valve insuch battery components or battery systems. Sudden chemical reactionswithin the battery component, which in the event of a fault can occurquickly and unpredictably, can cause a fluid pressure, which isincreased in relation to the normal operating pressure or the ambientpressure of the battery (i.e. a relative overpressure), to developwithin the battery component. To protect a housing of the batterycomponent or of the battery system from overpressure-induced damage(caused by the increased fluid pressure in relation to the normaloperating pressure or the ambient pressure), an interior chamberenclosed by the housing of the battery component may be automaticallydepressurized by the safety valve.

In addition to reliable overpressure relief, however, the safety valveis also expected to effectively and reliably prevent an ingress ofenvironmental influences, such as the ingress of foreign particles orwater, from the surrounding battery area into the battery componentduring normal operation of the battery component equipped therewith, ofthe battery system or of a vehicle equipped therewith. Normal operationcan result in comparatively strong oscillations or vibrations. It istherefore necessary for the safety valve to apply a comparatively highclosing force so as to ensure maximum possible sealing against theingress of environmental influences during normal operation. This can beachieved by way of a spring element, for example.

At the same time, however, reliable overpressure relief should beensured. It is desirable that the safety valve opens swiftly and at acomparatively low overpressure. It can be advantageous for this purposewhen only a comparatively low opening force is needed.

Initially, however, the comparatively high closing force required abovemust be overcome for relieving the overpressure, or for opening thesafety valve, which necessitates a comparatively high opening force. Ingeneral, it may be necessary for the opening force to be higher than theclosing force. As a result, there is a need to resolve these conflictingobjectives.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure create a safety valve in whichoverpressure relief may be improved at the highest possible closingforce.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a fluidic safety valve,such as a pressure control valve, comprising a valve housing includingat least one fluid inlet opening and at least one fluid outlet opening.A closing element is movably guided in the valve housing, the closingelement being preloaded by a spring element at a predeterminedpreloading force or closing force toward a closed position of the safetyvalve. In the closed position of the safety valve, a fluid flow from theat least one fluid inlet opening toward the at least one fluid outletopening is blocked. The closing element can be moved toward an openposition of the safety valve which is directed counter to the closedposition when a predetermined fluid pressure force is reached and/orexceeded, which results from a predetermined fluid pressure within anenclosed fluid chamber. In the open position of the safety valve, afluid flow from the at least one fluid inlet opening toward the at leastone fluid outlet opening is enabled, whereby overpressure relief ispossible.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the valve housing issealed by a valve housing sealing element comprising an effective fluidpressure force surface, which is coupled to the closing element to bemoved between the closed position and the open position of the safetyvalve and can be moved relative to the valve housing, for carrying alongthe closing element.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the closing elementis preloaded into the closed position of the safety valve by a closingforce brought about by way of the spring element. For overpressurerelief, which takes place by enabling a fluid flow from the at least onefluid inlet opening toward the at least one fluid outlet opening, it ispossible to apply an opening force that results from the fluid pressurewithin a sealed fluid chamber to the fluid pressure force surface of thevalve housing sealing element. As the closing force acting opposite theopening force is being overcome and thereafter, the valve housingsealing element moves relative to the valve housing and, during themovement thereof, carries along the closing element coupled to theeffective fluid pressure force surface. In this way, the closing elementcan be moved from the closed position into the open position by thevalve housing sealing element as a function of a predetermined fluidpressure force that results from a predetermined fluid pressure.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the opening forceresulting from the fluid pressure force may therefore act exclusively onthe valve housing sealing element, and on the effective fluid pressureforce surface thereof.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, in thisconfiguration the safety valve may offer a comparatively high closingforce (in absolute terms) to be implemented, despite a comparatively lowopening force (in absolute terms). Moreover, the magnitude of theopening force of the safety valve can be preset or predetermined byvarying a surface size of the effective fluid pressure force surface.This setting of the magnitude of the opening force can take placeindependently of the magnitude of the closing force or without anynoteworthy influence on the magnitude of the closing force. In this way,reliable overpressure relief and reliable protection from the ingress ofenvironmental influences are ensured at the same time.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the effective fluidpressure force surface, which moves relative to the valve housing,substantially carries out a lifting motion. The effective fluid pressureforce surface may be located closer to the valve housing with a minimallift, and further away from the valve housing with a maximal lift. Theclosing element coupled to the effective fluid pressure force surfacecan be disposed in the vicinity of the closed position with a minimallift, and in the vicinity of the open position of the safety valve witha maximal lift. This lift-like movement places comparatively lowrequirements with regard to the installation space occupied by thesafety valve. Moreover, a lift-like movement involves comparatively lowrequirements with regard to the mechanical load-bearing capacity of thevalve housing sealing element. In this way, the design of the valvehousing sealing element can be improved.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the valve housingsealing element may be at least partially designed to be elastic, whichmay improve the product life cycle. However, the design does not have tobe spring elastic. In some embodiments, the valve housing sealingelement is flexible, so that it is able to move away from the valvehousing, and back to the same again, as frequently as possible withoutdamage.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the valve housingsealing element may have a boot-like design at least in some sections.For the design configuration, the valve housing sealing element may havea bellows-like design at least in some sections. For this purpose, thevalve housing sealing element can be designed in the form of a bellowsthat is folded elastically in an accordion-like manner. This may involvea section of a tube. This tube can be made of a chemically resistantrubber material, plastic material or the like.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the valve housingsealing element may comprise a boot section to attach to the valvehousing. For example, a bonded joint may be provided between the valvehousing (for example an end face of the valve housing) and the valvehousing sealing element. The valve housing sealing element may beprovided around the perimeter of an end face of the valve housing. Thevalve housing sealing element may be designed to seal the valve housingin a substantially fluid-tight manner, at least on an end face.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for the valve housingsealing element to be disposed on an end face of the valve housing whichfaces away from a fluid pressure chamber to be protected against thefluid pressure. The at least one fluid inlet opening may be provided onan end face facing the fluid pressure chamber to be protected againstthe fluid pressure, and the valve housing sealing element may bedisposed on the end face located opposite thereof. The valve housingsealing element may be disposed at least partially outside the fluidpressure chamber to be protected against the fluid pressure, while theat least one fluid inlet opening may be disposed within the fluidpressure chamber to be protected against the fluid pressure.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a (sub)assembly of thesafety valve, the effective fluid pressure force surface may be coupledto the closing element by way of at least one connecting element. By wayof example, a screw element or the like can be provided as theconnecting element. For this purpose, the effective fluid pressure forcesurface can include a through-passage, a recessed bushing or the like,through which the connecting element extends. A corresponding receptaclefor the connecting element can be provided on the closing element, suchas a receiving bushing or the like.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, for a low openingforce (in absolute terms), the closing element can be designed to besubstantially force-neutral with respect to the fluid pressure force.For example, a surface that is exposed to the fluid pressure may beconfigured or disposed within the valve housing in such a way that anequilibrium of forces develops on the surface exposed to the fluidpressure with respect to the fluid pressure force resulting from thefluid pressure. As a result of the equilibrium of forces, the closingelement behaves in a substantially force-neutral manner with respect tothe fluid pressure force. This can be achieved, for example, by thefluid flowing around the closing element both in the direction of theclosed position and in the direction of the open position.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the closing elementis disposed relative to the at least one fluid inlet opening in such away that the fluid pressure force acts on the closing element both inthe direction of the closed position and in the direction of the openposition.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the safety valve canbe small when the closing element has a substantially pistoncrown-shaped design. With respect to an equilibrium of forces that candevelop at the closing element, it is negligible that the piston crownshape of the closing element results in a smaller surface (in absoluteterms) and a larger surface (in absolute terms) since the difference isnegligibly small. In this embodiment, a receptacle for a connectingelement to the valve housing sealing element can be disposed on the sideof the closing element which faces away from the piston crown.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the spring elementmay be a compression spring. The compression spring pushes against thespring chamber above the top surface. The spring element may be atension spring. If a tension spring is used, a mounting for the springmay be created between the top and bottom surfaces. The spring may be aspiral spring. The spring constant of the spring element is either knownor can be determined by way of experimentation. In this way, thepreloading force that can be generated on the closing element may bepredetermined.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the safety valve canhave a compact design when the at least one fluid outlet opening extendsthrough the valve housing in the radial direction. Accordingly, a fluidthat flows for overpressure relief from the at least one fluid inletopening toward the at least one fluid outlet opening is discharged inthe radial direction of the valve housing. For blocking or closing andoptionally releasing the fluid outlet opening, the closing element canbe disposed within the valve housing in such a way that it covers, andthereby closes, or releases the fluid outlet opening by the fluidpressure-induced change in position thereof.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the valve housingcomprises a plurality of fluid inlet openings. These can be disposed,for example, on an end face of the safety valve which faces the fluidpressure chamber to be protected, and optionally can be distributedthere.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the valve housingcomprises a plurality of fluid outlet openings to provide high fluidthroughput. Each of these openings can extend in the radial direction ofthe valve housing through the same, for example.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the safety valve canalso be used as a pressure control valve or spill valve. The safetyvalve according to the present disclosure can be used wherever a fluidpressure chamber is to be protected against fluidic overpressure. It canbe used in technical applications in which a comparatively lowoverpressure is to be sufficient for opening the safety valve, yet atthe same time a high closing force is to act. By way of example,technical applications include process engineering, safety technology orthe like.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the field ofapplication is a battery component, in particular a vehicle batterycomponent, comprising a safety valve in one or more of theabove-described embodiments. The safety valve can also be used in plantengineering applications.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

Further details and related advantages of embodiments of the presentdisclosure will be described hereafter with reference to the figures.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective top view onto an exemplary safety valve,which is disposed on a wall element having an interior chamber side andan exterior chamber side;

FIG. 2 shows an exemplary safety valve as an individual part in aperspective top view.

FIG. 3 shows a sectional illustration of an exemplary safety valve in aperspective view.

FIG. 4 shows a sectional side view of an exemplary safety valve.

FIG. 5 shows a top view onto an exemplary safety valve.

The figures are only schematic representations and are provided only toexplain the present disclosure. Like elements are uniformly denoted bylike reference numerals.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 shows a perspective top view onto a safety valve 1 according tothe present disclosure. The safety valve 1 is intended to protect asubstantially sealed fluid pressure chamber D, in which a varyingfluidic pressure p_(i) is present, against an impermissibly high rise influid pressure (i.e. against a predetermined fluidic overpressure) bytimely opening. At the same time, in the closed position, the safetyvalve 1 protects the fluid pressure chamber D from the ingress ofenvironmental influences from outside the fluid pressure chamber D.

The safety valve 1 can be used in a battery system (not shown) or in abattery component of a vehicle (not shown). Accordingly, the fluidpressure chamber D can be the interior of a battery system or of abattery component.

FIG. 1 shows that the safety valve 1 is disposed on or in a wall element2, which separates the fluid pressure chamber D from a surrounding areaU of the same, in which a fluidic ambient pressure p_(U) is present, ina manner that is at least substantially fluid-tight with respect to thefluid pressure chamber D. The wall element 2 can be a battery housing,for example. So as to dispose the safety valve 1 in the wall element 2,the wall element 2 includes a through-passage 3 through which the safetyvalve 1 extends when installed. In this way, the safety valve 1 isflange-mounted on the wall element 2.

FIG. 2 shows the safety valve 1 as an individual component without thewall element 2 in a perspective top view. In FIG. 2, the safety valve 1comprises a valve housing 4 having a substantially cylindrical basicshape. The valve housing 4 can be injection-molded from a plasticmaterial, for example, wherein the plastic material is suited for use inbatteries. On a first end face 5, the valve housing 4 comprises asealing groove 6, in which a sealing ring 7 is disposed so as to beseated against the wall element 2, sealing the through-passage 3. Thesealing ring 7 can be made of a suitable rubber material, for example.For attaching the safety valve 1 to the wall element 2, the valvehousing 4 comprises a plurality of molded-on retaining clips 8, whichcan be brought into engagement with the wall element 2.

In the vicinity of the first end face 5, the valve housing 4 has aplurality of fluid inlet openings 9 in the form of apertures or cutouts.The fluid inlet openings 9 extend substantially in the axial directionof the valve housing 4 through the same. On the circumference, the valvehousing 4 additionally includes a plurality of fluid outlet openings 10in the form of fluid channels. The fluid outlet openings 10 extend inthe radial direction of the valve housing 4 through the same.

On a second end face 11 located opposite the first end face 5, a valvehousing sealing element 12 is attached to the valve housing 4. The valvehousing sealing element 12 is designed to be at least partially flexibleand substantially (i.e. to the greatest extent possible) seals the valvehousing 4 in a fluid-tight manner. A flow path is therefore defined fora fluid to be discharged from the fluid pressure chamber D, the pathextending through the fluid inlet openings 9, into the valve housing 4,and beyond the fluid outlet openings 10 into the surrounding area U.FIG. 2 shows that the valve housing sealing element 12 is designed in aboot-like, in particular a bellows-like, manner at least in somesections. This is achieved by a boot section 13, adjoined by theeffective fluid pressure force surface 14 (discernible only partiallyhere, see FIG. 4). For low forces of inertia, the boot section 13 can bemade of a comparatively lightweight, flexible material. For example,this can be a rubber material. The effective fluid pressure forcesurface 14 can be made either of the same material or of a rigidmaterial. The more detailed configuration of the valve housing sealingelement 12 is described below.

Within the valve housing 4, a closing element 15 is disposed, which isguided therein for a translatory back and forth movement and preloadedby a spring element 16, which is described in greater detail below.

FIG. 3 shows a sectional illustration of the safety valve 1 in aperspective view. The valve housing 4 includes a central section 17. Thecentral section 17 includes a conical spring chamber 18, which receivesthe spring element 16. In this exemplary embodiment, the spring chamber18 protrudes over the first end face 5 of the safety valve. In addition,the central section 17 includes a cylinder section 19, which adjoins thespring chamber 18 and is used to receive and guide the closing element15. In the cylinder section 19, the fluid outlet openings 10 extend inthe radial direction from the inside to the outside. The spring chambercan also take on another shape that allows the spring to be mounted.

As shown in FIG. 3, the closing element 15 has a substantially pistoncrown-shaped design, which is achieved by providing a piston crown 20with a top surface 21 and a bottom surface 22 and a piston skirt 23adjoining the piston crown 20. The piston skirt 23 is shaped anddimensioned such that it can be guided by the cylinder section 19 of thevalve housing 4. As shown in FIG. 3, the piston skirt 23 is dimensionedsuch that it can selectively close the fluid outlet openings 9 byoverlapping with the same, or release them by way of a relativedisplacement. In this way, the closing element 15 can be moved between aclosed position, in which a fluid flow from the fluid inlet openings 9toward the fluid outlet openings 10 is blocked, and an open positiondirected counter to the closed position, in which a fluid flow from thefluid inlet openings 9 toward the at least one fluid outlet opening 10is enabled. The closing element 15 is preloaded by the spring element 16toward the closed position of the safety valve 1, wherein the springelement 16 may be a spiral spring configured as a tension spring.

The boot section 13 of the valve housing sealing element 12 is connectedto a circular ring surface (not denoted) of the second end face 11, by abonded joint, for example. By expanding, the boot section 13 makes alifting motion of the effective fluid pressure force surface 14 relativeto the valve housing 4 possible, in particular to the second end face11. The effective fluid pressure force surface 14 may have asubstantially circular design.

As shown in FIG. 3, the closing element 15 and the effective fluidpressure force surface 14 of the valve housing sealing element 12 arecoupled to each other, or connected to each other, by way of a pluralityof connecting elements 24. In this exemplary embodiment, the connectingelements 24 are screws, which are made of a metal or a plastic material.Serving as a counter-element for the connecting elements 24, the closingelement 15 comprises respective receptacles 25, which cooperate with theconnecting elements 24 and thereby form a screw joint in this exemplaryembodiment. At the same time, the receptacles 25 also act as a kind ofspacer, by way of which the valve housing sealing element 12 (which isat least partially designed to be elastic) is disposed at a distancefrom the valve housing 4, in particular from the second end face 11. Ifmultiple connecting elements 24 are present, uniform guidance isensured. However, a single connecting element would also be sufficient,if necessary.

As shown in FIG. 3, the closing element 15 may be shaped and disposedwithin the valve housing 4 in such a way that, when a fluid flows inthrough the fluid inlet openings 9, said fluid flows around the closingelement both on the side facing the first end face 5 and on the sidefacing the second end face 11 of the valve housing 4. Because the bottomsurface 22 in FIG. 3 and the top surface 21 in FIG. 3 of the closingelement 15 are approximately the same size, an equilibrium of forcesdevelops at the closing element 15. As a result, one single effectivesurface is created for a force resulting from a fluid pressure, namelythe effective fluid pressure force surface 14 of the valve housingsealing element 12.

FIG. 4 shows a sectional side view of the safety valve 1. The effectivefluid pressure force surface 14 and an end of the piston skirt 23 of theclosing element 15 which faces away from the piston crown 20 at thebottom side of the closing element 15 are spaced apart from each otherby the receptacles 25 such that fluid can flow around the closingelement 15 both from beneath and from above. The closing element 15 maybe shaped and disposed such that it carries out a lifting motionrelative to the valve housing 4.

FIG. 5 shows a top view onto the safety valve 1 according to the presentdisclosure. The effective fluid pressure force surface 14 of the valvehousing sealing element 12 has a comparatively large dimension inrelation to the top surface 21 of the piston crown 20 of the closingelement 15. Moreover, the arrangement of the fluid inlet openings 9 andof the retaining clips 8 is discernible here, which is provided only byway of example.

Based on FIG. 3, which shows a sectional illustration of the safetyvalve 1 in a perspective view, an exemplary operation of the safetyvalve 1 shall be described hereafter.

The starting situation is a normal operation of a battery component (notshown), serving as the fluid pressure chamber D in which a fluidicpressure p_(i) is present. During normal operation, said pressure p_(i)corresponds at least approximately to the fluidic pressure of thesurrounding area U of the fluid pressure chamber D in which a fluidicambient pressure p_(U) is present. Therefore, approximately thefollowing applies: p_(i)=p_(U).

During said normal operation, the closing element 15 is preloaded orcompressed by the predetermined preloading force of the spring element16 into the closed position of the safety valve 1, whereby a fluid flowfrom the fluid inlet openings 9 toward the fluid outlet openings 10 isblocked by the closing element 15, and in particular by the piston skirt23 thereof.

In the event of overpressure (for example, caused by a battery cellbecoming damaged), the pressure p_(i) is higher than the ambientpressure p_(U). When the pressure p_(i) of the fluid pressure chamber Dexceeds a value that is predetermined by the spring constant of thespring element 16 and/or the dimensioning of the effective fluidpressure force surface 14 of the valve housing sealing element 12, afluid pressure force F_(pi) resulting from the fluid pressure p_(i) actson the effective fluid pressure force surface 14 of the valve housingsealing element 12. The fluid pressure force F_(pi) is approximatelydetermined as: F_(pi)=p_(i)·A₁₄.

When the fluid pressure force F_(pi) reaches and/or exceeds thepreloading force of the spring element 16 in this case, the effectivefluid pressure force surface 14 is moved out of the closed position awayfrom the valve housing 4 by the expansion of the boot section 13 of thevalve housing sealing element 12. The effective fluid pressure forcesurface 14 in FIG. 3 moves downward away from the valve housing 4. As aresult of the coupling to the effective fluid pressure force surface 14by way of the connecting elements 24, the closing element 15, aroundwhich otherwise fluid flows in a force-neutral manner, consequently alsomoves, together with the effective fluid pressure force surface 14, outof the closed position into the open position of the safety valve 1.After the closing element 15 leaves the closed position, but at thelatest after it reaches the open position, the fluid can flow from thefluid inlet openings 9 toward the fluid outlet openings 10 until thefluid pressure p_(i) has dropped enough that the preloading force of thespring element 16 is greater than the fluid pressure force F_(pi)resulting from the fluid pressure p_(i).

The embodiments described above are merely exemplary, and the safetyvalve 1 according to the present disclosure may be modified in a varietyof ways.

In some embodiments, the boot section 13 is not attached to the valvehousing 4 by way of a bonded joint, but by way of a form-lockedconnection. It is also possible to provide fewer or more than the shownconnecting elements 24 and/or receptacles 25 for coupling the effectivefluid pressure force surface 14 to the closing element 15.

While the present disclosure is illustrated and described in detailaccording to the above embodiments, the present disclosure is notlimited to these embodiments and additional embodiments may beimplemented. Further, other embodiments and various modifications willbe apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of thespecification and practice of one or more embodiments disclosed herein,without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

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 13. A fluidic safety valve, comprising: a valvehousing, including: at least one fluid inlet opening; at least oneradial fluid outlet opening; and a closing element, disposed in acentral section of the valve housing, preloaded by a spring element at apredetermined preloading force toward a closed position of the safetyvalve; wherein the closing element is configured to: be movably guidedbetween the closed position of the safety valve and an open position ofthe safety valve when a predetermined fluid pressure has been reached;in the closed position, block a fluid flow from the at least one fluidinlet opening toward the at least one fluid outlet opening; and in theopen position, enable a fluid flow from the at least one fluid inletopening toward the at least one fluid outlet opening; and a valvehousing sealing element configured to seal the valve housing in afluid-tight manner, the valve housing sealing element further including:an effective fluid pressure force surface coupled to the closing elementand configured to move relative to the valve housing; and a boot sectioncoupling the effective fluid pressure force surface to a circular ringsurface of an end face of the valve housing; wherein expansion of theboot section is configured to enable a lifting motion of the effectivefluid pressure force surface relative to the valve housing, causing theclosing element to be carried within the central section.
 14. The safetyvalve according to claim 13, wherein movement of the effective fluidpressure force surface relative to the valve housing is configured tocreate a lifting motion.
 15. The safety valve according to claim 13,wherein the valve housing sealing element is at least partially elastic.16. The safety valve according to claim 13, wherein the valve housingsealing element is disposed on an end face of the valve housing whichfaces away from a fluid pressure chamber to be protected against thefluid pressure.
 17. The safety valve according to claim 13, wherein theeffective fluid pressure force surface is coupled to the closing elementby at least one connecting element.
 18. The safety valve according toclaim 13, wherein the closing element is configured to be force-neutralwith respect to a fluid pressure force resulting from the fluidpressure.
 19. The safety valve according to claim 13, wherein theclosing element is disposed relative to the at least one fluid inletopening such that a fluid pressure force resulting from the fluidpressure acts on the closing element both in the direction of the closedposition and in the direction of the open position.
 20. The safety valveaccording to claim 13, wherein the closing element is substantiallypiston crown-shaped.
 21. The safety valve according to claim 13, whereinthe spring element is a tension spring.
 22. The safety valve accordingto claim 13, wherein the valve housing includes a plurality of fluidinlet openings.
 23. The safety valve according to claim 13, wherein thevalve housing includes a plurality of fluid outlet openings.
 24. Afluidic safety valve of a vehicle battery component, comprising: a valvehousing, including: at least one fluid inlet opening; at least oneradial fluid outlet opening; and a closing element, disposed in acentral section of the valve housing, preloaded by a spring element at apredetermined preloading force toward a closed position of the safetyvalve; wherein the closing element is configured to: be movably guidedbetween the closed position of the safety valve and an open position ofthe safety valve when a predetermined fluid pressure has been reached;in the closed position, block a fluid flow from the at least one fluidinlet opening toward the at least one fluid outlet opening; and in theopen position, enable a fluid flow from the at least one fluid inletopening toward the at least one fluid outlet opening; and a valvehousing sealing element configured to seal the valve housing in afluid-tight manner, the valve housing sealing element further including:an effective fluid pressure force surface coupled to the closing elementand configured to move relative to the valve housing; and a boot sectioncoupling the effective fluid pressure force surface to a circular ringsurface of an end face of the valve housing; wherein expansion of theboot section is configured to enable a lifting motion of the effectivefluid pressure force surface relative to the valve housing, causing theclosing element to be carried within the central section.
 25. The safetyvalve according to claim 24, wherein movement of the effective fluidpressure force surface relative to the valve housing is configured tocreate a lifting motion.
 26. The safety valve according to claim 24,wherein the valve housing sealing element is at least partially elastic.27. The safety valve according to claim 24, wherein the valve housingsealing element is disposed on an end face of the valve housing whichfaces away from a fluid pressure chamber to be protected against thefluid pressure.
 28. The safety valve according to claim 24, wherein theeffective fluid pressure force surface is coupled to the closing elementby at least one connecting element.
 29. The safety valve according toclaim 24, wherein the closing element is configured to be force-neutralwith respect to a fluid pressure force resulting from the fluidpressure.
 30. The safety valve according to claim 24, wherein theclosing element is disposed relative to the at least one fluid inletopening such that a fluid pressure force resulting from the fluidpressure acts on the closing element both in the direction of the closedposition and in the direction of the open position.
 31. A valve housingof a fluidic safety valve, comprising: at least one fluid inlet opening;at least one radial fluid outlet opening; and a closing element,disposed in a central section of the valve housing, preloaded by aspring element at a predetermined preloading force toward a closedposition of the safety valve; wherein the closing element is configuredto: be movably guided between the closed position of the safety valveand an open position of the safety valve when a predetermined fluidpressure has been reached; in the closed position, block a fluid flowfrom the at least one fluid inlet opening toward the at least one fluidoutlet opening; and in the open position, enable a fluid flow from theat least one fluid inlet opening toward the at least one fluid outletopening; and a valve housing sealing element configured to seal thevalve housing in a fluid-tight manner.
 32. The safety valve according toclaim 31, wherein the valve housing sealing element further comprises:an effective fluid pressure force surface coupled to the closing elementand configured to move relative to the valve housing; and a boot sectioncoupling the effective fluid pressure force surface to a circular ringsurface of an end face of the valve housing; wherein expansion of theboot section is configured to lift the effective fluid pressure forcesurface relative to the valve housing and carry the closing elementwithin the central section.